LONG BEACH – Results from the Moore League boys soccer race have been very mixed. There seems to be one real consistent.

“Every game in the Moore League is hard-hitting,” said Cabrillo coach Pat Noyes. “The games are going to come down to breaks and referees’ calls.”

Friday afternoon’s match between visiting Wilson and Cabrillo was all that, with the Bruins eking out a 2-1 victory to stay on pace for a first-place showdown with defending champ Millikan next week.

In the end, the breaks and calls ended up on Wilson’s side of the ledger.

With 5 minutes remaining it the match, Alexis Marin was fouled in the box. There certainly was some controversy about whether it was a foul or not, but, nonetheless, Marin stepped up to the spot and drove a left-footed penalty shot into the lower-right corner for the winning margin.

In the 18th minute, the Jaguars were awarded a penalty kick for a controversial handball in the box. Diego Rivera converted to give Cabrillo a 1-0 lead.

“It came down to two penalty kicks,” said Wilson coach Mark Hervin. “You could have argued for or against each one. I felt hard about the first one and Pat felt hard about the second one.”

With each team taking advantage of the officiating, the game was decided on a scrappy play. A good break if you are a Bruin, a bad break if you are a Jag.

Trailing 1-0, the Bruins put the ball in the box, where Tony Gonzales manage to barely get a foot on it. It went to the far post for Ismael Delgado, who put it in the net in the 21st minute.

“It was a scrappy goal,” Hervin said. “Sometimes it’s not best to be pretty.”

The Bruins (8-6-2, 4-0-0), while talented, are certainly scrappy and probably the reason they are tied for first with Millikan in what has turned out to be a “hard-hitting” race.

“We might not be the most talented, but as a collective bunch, we are fantastic,” said Hervin.

Or “effective” as Noyes put it.

Wilson faces Lakewood on Wednesday before taking on Millikan next Friday in a battle for first place.

“I’m not going to fall into that trap,” Hervin said of thinking too far ahead. “There is a long, long ways to go.”

Meanwhile, Cabrillo (10-6-2, 1-2-1) has basically fallen out of the title chase and is looking to salvage a playoff spot.